Men's Group

for staying at home and "not working" any more than men. it may be more acceptable and allowable, but i am not seeing any more respect. never has been and certainly does not exist today. that would be a fairy tale, being created. about the only time the stay at home mom is valued, is when it is an attack on the "working" mother.

but, you being so clever with words made sure your post came off with the workers and the non workers.

that is clear in the OP. and that would be another indication that what i say about us stay at homes moms reality.

it is ok. we made this choice. i have broad shoulders. i can handle the disrespect from total strangers knowing the reality of what we live. all i do and the job, you know work, that i do saves a hell of a lot of money though i will not be receiving a paycheck, or have credit build up, or put into social security for my older years. basically, setting myself up for a lot of hurt if things change. but, i am willling to take that risk for what i gain and our family as a whole gains.

it is harder on the stay at home fathers. but, even in my area, we have a number of stay at home fathers. and the women who also stay at home are capable of respecting that man times what society as a whole does. because what he experiences is the same as women, just greater.

this? i will just leave you to it. 60% of women are in the workforce, last i saw. including the unemployed but looking as you would in the male sex, that is a small percentage of what we would presume to be stay at home. it is a dying breed. women have almost caught up with the men in this area. so though it is true that it is a woman that generally stays home if the opportunity is there, and though there are a lot of disadvantages being a stay at home mom, simple respect being one of them, it really is not all that you make it out to be.